A simultaneous story of a murder and the historical development of the wireless telegraph. I expected a more significant interrelationship between the two plots since they were joined in the same book. At times, it felt fairly strained to make any connections. Independently, the stories were inte...
I met Eric Larson in 2004 or 2005 when he came to the small bookshop where I worked to give a reading of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. I was really impressed then, and still am, with his dedication to researching a subject and his talent at...
I really enjoyed this book. Larson has a conversational style, and makes history interesting. I like the way he combines a monumental event with a darker one to show all sides of an era. I also like the fact that he doesn't use footnotes (so the story flows well), but does include extensive notes an...
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